Veterinary Vitamins/Mineral supplements

BO-SE

Active ingredient- Selenium and Vitamin E, used to prevent white muscle disease in sheep, goats, cattle, and swine.

How is BO-SE administered

IM or SQ

White muscle disease

Also known as selenium-tocopherol deficiency, characterized by stiffness, lameness, not able to walk, pulmonary distress and/or cardiac arrest

GleptoForte

Contains the active ingredient- gleptoferron, which is a highly absorbable iron, used in swine to prevent anemia due to low storage levels of iron, low levels or iron in milk, or even rapid growth

What does anemia cause?

causes ill thrift (wasting) in piglets, pale, fluid around throat, brisket, and internal body spaces, and scours

How is GleptoForte given?

IM

Super B complex

Contains Thiamine Hydrochloride (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Niacinamide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (B6), d-Panthenol, and Cyanocobalamin (B12).

What does SuperB Complex supplement for?

vitamin B deficiencies which cause: Poor growth, poor appetite, and poor coat conditions, Anemia - low RBC production can cause weakness and lethargy, Neurological symptoms (low B1; thiamine) such as staggering, circling, head pressing, or convulsions

How is SuperB complex given?

IV or SQ

Thiamine Hydrochloride

used to prevent thiamine deficiency which can cause polioencephalomalacia (PEM).

PEM signs

Include muscle twitching, head pressing, seizures, paddling (legs thrashing back and forth on the ground) while the head is pressed back against spine.

PEM

Can cause head tilting or star gazing as it affects the nervous system due to a nutritional deficiency of thiamine.

How is Thiamine Hydrochloride given?

IM or IV